Erickson (Vance Bryant) Photographs, 1920-1925
Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Vance Bryant Erickson photographs
- Dates:
- 1920-1925
- Creators:
- Erickson, Vance Bryant
- Extent:
- 0.25 Linear Feet
- Language:
- Undetermined .
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item] Vance Bryant Erickson Photographs (PC0059). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection documents Erickson's undergraduate days at Stanford, 1920 through 1924, with a few items dating from 1925. Most of the collection consists of negatives, presumably from photographs taken by Erickson. There are also photoprints and postcards, many of which are Berton Crandall images. Subjects include the Frosh-Soph Tie-Up, Roughs' Day, Big Game bonfires, El Capitan Club, dormitory rooms in Encina Hall, the stadium, the cactus garden, Sand Hill road, and campus views. There are also several images of Palo Alto, including a student rooming house. Students pictured include Everett Bailey, Vance Erickson, Donald Harger, George Harman, Russell Pearson, Burt Procter, William Hyde Irwin, Daniel Gage, William R. Gage, Burton A. Noble, Harold H. Strain, Alberta Curtner, and Paul Wilbur.
- Biographical / historical:
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Vance B. Erickson was a member of the Stanford University class of 1924, earning his a.b. in June. He married Alberta Curtner, a member of the class of 1925, in September 1926. Erickson returned to Stanford for graduate work, earning his MA degree in Chemistry in 1940.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Vance P. Erickson.
- Arrangement:
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The prints and negatives were kept separate and arranged alphabetically by subject. The negative number with each negative is from Erickson's inventory, now in folder 103.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-03-20 14:45:47 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Materials are open for research use.
- Terms of access:
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While University Archives is the owner of the physical and/or digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item] Vance Bryant Erickson Photographs (PC0059). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Stanford University Archives, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6064, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022